Newcastle Employment Tribunal cases

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25
Recorded awards (last 3 months)
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£78,526.08 combined

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7 Oct 2026
Claimant won£18,756.03 awarded

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Borthwick Group Ltd

The claimant's unfair dismissal claim was well-founded and the Tribunal awarded compensation.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unfair dismissal
  • ACAS Code of Practice uplift
  • contributory fault reduction

Reference: 2501443/2025

4 Oct 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal, Redundancy Pay, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Wisteria Kitchen Restaurants Ltd

All claims were struck out because the claimant failed to attend the hearing and failed to comply with an order for further information.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Non-compliance with tribunal orders and failure to attend hearing leading to strike-out under Rule 47 of the Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2024

Reference: 6042660/2025

2 Oct 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal and Breach of Contract

Employer: A Mohan Ltd T/a Clearview Commercial Window Cleaning Services

The breach of contract claim was won with damages awarded, but the unfair dismissal claim was only determined on liability with remedy outstanding, resulting in a split outcome where one claim is fully resolved and the other remains pending.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Breach of contract – failure to give contractual notice
  • unfair dismissal – procedural fairness in handling whistleblowing concerns

Reference: 6035202/2025

1 Oct 2026
Claim dismissed

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Ineos Compounds Aycliffe Ltd

The Tribunal dismissed the claimant's claims in their entirety.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Not specified in the judgment

Reference: 6035896/2025

29 Sept 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: North Yorkshire Council

The tribunal found that the claimant was not unfairly dismissed and dismissed the complaint after a full merits hearing.

Legal Issues (2)
  • The primary legal issue was whether the dismissal was unfair under the Employment Rights Act 1996. The tribunal also considered the jurisdictional issue of whether the claim was presented in time
  • which was resolved in the claimant's favour at an earlier hearing

Reference: 2501387/2025

25 Sept 2026
Claimant won£4,544.37 awarded

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Unisus Group Ltd

All three complaints were found well-founded and the respondent was ordered to pay a total of £4544.37.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unauthorised deductions from wages
  • breach of contract (notice pay)
  • holiday pay

Reference: 6015508/2026

25 Sept 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination and Breach of Contract

Employer: Care Quality Commission

The claimant's unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, and most discrimination claims were dismissed, while two discrimination sub-claims were allowed to proceed on time limit grounds, resulting in a split outcome.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Time limits for presenting discrimination complaints
  • just and equitable extension
  • merits of unfair dismissal
  • wrongful dismissal
  • direct disability discrimination and failure to make reasonable adjustments

Reference: 6010998/2024

17 Sept 2026
Claim dismissed

Unpaid Wages and Other

Employer: Aspen Wolf Ltd

Both claims were dismissed (one upon withdrawal, the other on its merits), resulting in no success for the claimant.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Withdrawal of holiday pay claim
  • dismissal of claim for failure to provide written particulars under s1 ERA

Reference: 6016505/2026

15 Sept 2026
Claimant won£1,147.04 awarded

Unpaid Wages

Employer: N Storey

The tribunal found the claimant was a worker and awarded unpaid wages, resulting in a win for the claimant.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Whether the claimant was a worker within the meaning of section 230(3)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • considering personal service
  • control
  • substitution
  • economic dependency

Reference: 6042712/2025

14 Sept 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination and Harassment

Employer: Blossom Homecare Ltd

All claims were dismissed: unfair dismissal withdrawn, and the remaining Equality Act claims were dismissed as out of time as it was not just and equitable to extend time.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Time limits under section 123 of the Equality Act 2010
  • just and equitable extension
  • prejudice to the respondent
  • balancing exercise

Reference: 6017618/2025

9 Sept 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Reprotec Group Ltd

The Tribunal found the claim of unfair constructive dismissal not well founded and dismissed it.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Unfair constructive dismissal: whether the claimant was constructively dismissed and whether the dismissal was unfair. The Tribunal concluded the claim was not well founded

Reference: 6040500/2025

4 Sept 2026
Mixed outcome£2,564.10 awarded

Unfair Dismissal and Redundancy Pay

Employer: Humbledon and Plains Farm Workmen’s Club and Institute Ltd

The unfair dismissal claim was dismissed as out of time, but the statutory redundancy claim succeeded and the claimant was awarded £2,564.10.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Whether unfair dismissal claim was presented in time
  • whether it was reasonably practicable to present in time
  • entitlement to statutory redundancy payment

Reference: 2501478/2025

2 Sept 2026
Claim struck out

Other

Employer: David Lloyd Leisure Ltd

The claimant failed to attend the hearing and did not engage with the tribunal, leading to dismissal of all claims under Rule 47.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Rule 47 dismissal for non-attendance and failure to engage with tribunal proceedings

Reference: 6012731/2025

2 Sept 2026
Claim struck out

Other

Employer: Department for Work and Pensions

The claimant failed to attend the preliminary hearing and provided no explanation or engagement, leading to dismissal of all claims.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Strike out for non-attendance (Rule 47)
  • failure to engage
  • proportionality of tribunal resources

Reference: 6037529/2025

2 Sept 2026
Mixed outcome£15,444 awarded

Redundancy Pay, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Agelec Ltd (in voluntary liquidation) and Electrogenius Ltd

The tribunal found that the first claimant's notice pay and redundancy claims were not well-founded, but upheld the first claimant's annual leave claim and the second claimant's notice pay and redundancy claims, awarding damages and a redundancy payment.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Breach of contract for notice pay
  • entitlement to annual leave carry-over
  • redundancy payments under section 163 Employment Rights Act 1996

Reference: 2500601/2025

10 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages, Whistleblowing and Other

Employer: Effective Security Services Ltd T/a Professional Security

The claimant won on unlawful deductions because rolled-up holiday pay was calculated on a below-minimum-wage basic rate, but lost all other claims because the cessation of shifts was due to an automatic right-to-work suspension, not a reaction to his complaints or disclosures.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Unlawful deductions from wages (rolled-up holiday pay on below-NMW basic rate)
  • automatic unfair dismissal for asserting NMW rights (s.104A) and for protected disclosure (s.103A)
  • detriment for protected disclosure (s.47B) and for asserting NMW rights (s.23 NMWA)
  • burden of proof
  • automatic suspension system for right-to-work documentation

Reference: 6019957/2024

4 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal

Employer: Ground Control Ltd

The claim of unfair dismissal was not well-founded and was dismissed.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Unfair dismissal - claim not well-founded

Reference: 6027678/2025

3 Aug 2026
Claimant won£35,128.70 awarded

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The claimant's claims for breach of contract, unfair dismissal, and unauthorised deductions were all upheld, with compensation awarded for each.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Breach of contract (failure to give notice)
  • unfair dismissal
  • unauthorised deductions from wages
  • ACAS Code uplift
  • recoupment provisions

Reference: 2501339/2024

31 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Employer: Costain Ltd

All claims were either dismissed as not well founded or withdrawn by the claimant.

Legal Issues (2)
  • The tribunal found the unfair dismissal and discrimination claims not well founded
  • the remaining claims were withdrawn. No written reasons were requested or provided

Reference: 2500538/2025

31 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Discrimination

Employer: HSBC UK Bank plc

The claimant succeeded on one discrimination claim (failure to provide a printer) but failed on other discrimination and victimisation claims, and other claims were struck out.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Discrimination
  • victimisation
  • jurisdiction under the Equality Act 2010

Reference: 2500230/2025

30 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unpaid Wages

Employer: Carsa Ltd

The claim for unauthorised deduction of wages was not well-founded and was dismissed.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Unauthorised deduction of wages - claim dismissed as not well-founded

Reference: 6037395/2025

24 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

Employer: WORR Ltd

The claimant failed to prove any of his complaints (unfair dismissal, failure to make adjustments, discrimination arising from disability) were well-founded.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Burden of proof on the claimant
  • no evidence or submissions from either party to establish the claims
  • all complaints dismissed

Reference: 2500539/2025

23 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination

Employer: The Commissioners For HM’s Revenue and Customs

The claims of disability discrimination were not well-founded and were dismissed.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Disability discrimination claims under sections 13
  • 15
  • 20-21 Equality Act 2010

Reference: 6004215/2025

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